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Pochonbo Battle Introduced by French Organization
Pyongyang, June 12 (KCNA) -- The France-Korea Friendship Association posted on its Internet homepage on June 4 an article with a painting portraying President Kim Il Sung victoriously commanding the Pochonbo Battle on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Pochonbo Battle.

June 4, 1937 is a historic day when the President led the battle to victory, bringing the dawn of liberation to the Korean people, the article said, and went on:

As the President fired a signal pistol, members of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army attacked Japanese ruling machines including the police post, the sub-county office, the post office and the fire station in Pochonbo. They also pasted "The Ten-Point Programme of the Association for the Restoration of the Fatherland" and scattered leaflets in different parts of the town.

In a speech made before the people who turned out in street the President called upon them to rise up in a sacred war for Korea's liberation.

The Korean people's anti-Japanese resistance mounted high with the Pochonbo Battle as a momentum.

The France-Korea Friendship Association pays highest tribute to the President, who made a great contribution to accomplishing the cause of Korea's liberation, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Pochonbo Battle, the article noted.

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